Chapter 2

Coop walked into the Beacon and slammed his stuff down in the lobby. He assumed this was where he and his family were going to be living for the time being, until they found a more permanent place. He had never been more mad at anyone in his entire life as he was at Lizzie right now. He shouldn't have been surprised. She could be mean sometimes, but he never knew she could be that mean. The worst part about it was telling his family. He knew they were going to flip. He was the reason this was happening. She was punishing his whole family because he had ditched her earlier that evening. He had called his father and asked him to meet him there.

Coop sat down on the couch in the Beacon lobby as his father was pushing through the crowd at the front desk. Buzz finally managed to get through the people and make his way over to his son.

"Coop, what was so urgent that I had to rush over here?" Buzz asked, as he sat down across from Coop in the plushy chair.

" Dad, I really don't know how to tell you this, so I guess I'll just come out and say it," Coop said, in a nervous tone. " Lizzie and I got into a little argument tonight, well, okay maybe a huge argument" Coop continued.

" Well what's new about that? Every time I have seen you with the Spaulding Heiress you two are fighting," Buzz questioned.

" Yeah, but this time I screwed up everything," Coop answered. " She evicted us from the boarding house," Coop finished rather quickly.

Buzz kind of shifted in his chair and looked at his son. " Well, what did you do this time?" he asked, sounding not very surprised.

" I ditched her earlier this afternoon because she was trying to turn me all Spaulding," Coop answered. " Or at least I thought she was."

Buzz looked his son up and down trying to figure out his true feelings. " Trying to turn you Spaulding?" he asked.

" Yeah. She was introducing me to some big shot restaurant guy and lied about my experience in the restaurant business," Coop said.

" That doesn't mean she was trying to turn you Spaulding," Buzz replied, still unsure of his son's reason for being so mad, "There may be a logical explanation for her actions if you had listened long enough for her to tell it to you," Buzz finished.

Coop couldn't believe how calm his father was. I mean, I guess his father had a lot of experience with the Spauldings, but he thought being evicted might be the last straw for his father. With Harley being on trial and all, Coop figured his dad would go ballistic when he heard the news. But here he was, cool, calm, and collected.

Buzz finally spoke, breaking the ice. " If you don't mind me asking, how do you feel about Lizzie?"

"How do I feel?" Coop asked, shocked that his father could ask him that. " Can you not see how I feel? Lizzie evicted us from our only home we have ever known." Coop answered very loudly.

" Coop, I know you are upset. But I have seen you with Lizzie and you don't look like you hate her very much." Buzz said. " In fact, you look like you may have genuine feelings for her." Buzz threw in. " And, on top of everything else, I actually think you are making Lizzie become human again." Buzz finished.

" Feelings? For Lizzie?" Coop questioned. " That is absolutely ridiculous."

"I know you, Coop. And I know when you like someone, and I think you like Lizzie." Buzz insisted.

" Why are you encouraging me to have a relationship with Lizzie, who, may I remind you, is a Spaulding?" Coop asked his dad in question.

" It's true I don't like Spauldings," Buzz said. " But you are my son, and I want you to be happy. Do not let anyone tell you who to care about. That is your decision, Coop. If you want a relationship with Lizzie, than go for it. If you don't, than quit moping around and do something worthwhile." Buzz said, getting up from the chair.

" What about Frank?" Coop asked. " He is my brother, and he would flip if he caught me with Lizzie anywhere at anytime," Coop stated.

" Don't worry about your brother. I will take care of that. Besides, he is too worried about Marina getting with Danny than he is about you and Lizzie," Buzz said.

" Thanks, dad." Coop said, as his father turned and started walking out the door.

Coop realized what his father said made sense. He needed to go talk to Lizzie and listen to what she had to say. He picked up his duffel bag and headed out the door. He was going back to Company and wasn't leaving until he had a good explanation from Lizzie as to why she evicted them.

Lizzie was still sitting at the same table in Company. She had to find Coop and explain things to him. She was going to tell him the reason she evicted them and then tell them they could stay.

Lizzie got up and put on her jacket. She turned off all the lights and opened the door to find Coop standing outside. It looked like she was going to be explaining a lot sooner than she thought.

Spoilers for Chapter 3

Lizzie and Coop finally hash things out and reconnect

Frank goes ballistic

Lizzie feels a little under the weather

Down the road Spoiler

Life threatening tragedy enters the picture for Lizzie and Coop

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